Directed by:
Bernard GiraudeauScreenplay:
Bernard GiraudeauCinematography:
Jean-Marie DreujouComposer:
René-Marc BiniCast:
Bernard Giraudeau, Richard Bohringer, Thierry Frémont, Anna Galiena, Pierre Arditi, Jean-Claude Brialy, Marie Dubois, Lambert Wilson, Brigitte Roüan (more)Plots(1)
1787 – France is already seething with inevitable revolution. The Age of Enlightement ignites. The nobility have other concerns. Jean-François de la Plaine is banished from the kingdom for having killed the King's friend. Leaving his beloved Louise in France, he is exiled to the African coast where he is to govern a tiny colony – a trading post on the banks of a capricious river. Within this exotic culture, sensuality, violence and love have different fragrances. Here, in the heart of trade, slavery and tribal wars, he is confronted with himslef in a way never before experienced. Through this tumultuous, uncertain voyage, forging ahead on the bends of this unpredictable river in the center of Africa, Jean-François will live out his own revolution in the attempt to bring tolerance to the fore. (Pyramide Distribution)
(more)Cast
![Bernard Giraudeau](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271600_57052f.jpg)
Bernard Giraudeau
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
The Specialists (1985)
Blood in the Streets (1973)
![Richard Bohringer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/452/452478_780819.jpg)
Richard Bohringer
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
The Grand Highway (1987)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
![Thierry Frémont](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/346/162346524_ca0563.png)
Thierry Frémont
France
Best movies:
L'Affaire Dreyfus (1994) (series)
Allied (2016)
The Round Up (2010)
![Anna Galiena](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011964_a2297e.jpg)
Anna Galiena
Italy
Best movies:
Falcone (1999) (TV movie)
Stay Away From Me (2013)
Unpredictable Nature of the River (1996)
![Pierre Arditi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/363/162363252_272cdd.png)
Pierre Arditi
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
L'Affaire Dreyfus (1994) (series)
![Jean-Claude Brialy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/727/163727267_7c729c.jpg)
Jean-Claude Brialy
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Holy Year (1976)
![Marie Dubois](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416732_c885f6.jpg)
Marie Dubois
France
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Jules and Jim (1962)
Les Grandes Gueules (1965)
![Lambert Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/135/163135314_b42f02.png)
Lambert Wilson
France
Best movies:
La Dernière Nuit (1981) (TV movie)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
Ernest & Celestine (2012)
![Brigitte Roüan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/825/162825659_ee15f6.png)
Brigitte Roüan
France
Best movies:
Bolero (1981)
Olivier, Olivier (1992)
My American Uncle (1980)
![Isabel Otero](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527461_d35aa1.png)
Isabel Otero
France
Best movies:
Le Pari (1997)
Unpredictable Nature of the River (1996)
Les Mystères de la Basilique (2018) (TV movie)
![Sara Giraudeau](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/266/163266051_78a9db.jpg)
Sara Giraudeau
France
Best movies:
Unpredictable Nature of the River (1996)
The Sixth Child (2022)
The President's Wife (2023)
Moussa Touré
Senegal
Best movies:
![Raoul Billerey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455788_fa7718.jpg)
Raoul Billerey
France
Best movies:
Back to the Wall (1958)
The Grand Highway (1987)
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
![Philippe Laudenbach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/125/158125870_7eab59.jpg)
Philippe Laudenbach
France
Best movies:
L'Affaire Salengro (2009) (TV movie)
A.L.F. (Animal Liberation Front) (2012)
Confidentially Yours (1983)
![Christian Rauth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/743/160743489_6c1670.png)
Christian Rauth
France
Best movies:
Unpredictable Nature of the River (1996)
Série noire (1984) (series)
My Old Lady (2014)
Smaïl Mekki
France
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Unpredictable Nature of the River (1996)
Irma Vep (1996)
Olivier Achard
Best movies:
L'Allée du roi (1996) (series)
Unpredictable Nature of the River (1996)
Volavérunt (1999)
![Roland Blanche](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/393/160393725_1fa2e0.jpg)
Roland Blanche
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
The Fugitives (1986)
I... For Icarus (1979)
France Zobda
Best movies:
Unpredictable Nature of the River (1996)
Jesus (1999) (TV movie)
Sheena (1984)
Sophie Artur
France
Best movies:
A Bad Son (1980)
The Green Beautiful (1996)
Unpredictable Nature of the River (1996)